Introduction To Bolivia

Author : Gilad James, PhD
Publisher : Gilad James Mystery School
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9787535175779

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Introduction to Bolivia by Gilad James, PhD Pdf

Bolivia, officially known as the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a country located in South America. It shares borders with Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, and Argentina. Bolivia's geography is diverse, with the Andes mountain range dominating the western portion of the country and the Amazon rainforest covering most of the east. Bolivia is known for its cultural heritage, which is heavily influenced by the native indigenous population. The official languages are Spanish, Aymara, and Quechua. Bolivia's economy is primarily centered around the natural resources of oil, gas, mining, and agriculture. Despite being ranked as one of the poorest countries in South America, Bolivia has a rich history and culture that continue to thrive today.

Author : Herbert S. Klein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139497503

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A Concise History of Bolivia by Herbert S. Klein Pdf

In its first Spanish edition, Herbert Klein's A Concise History of Bolivia won immediate acceptance within Bolivia as the new standard history of this important nation. Surveying Bolivia's economic, social, cultural and political evolution from the arrival of early man in the Andes to the present, this current version brings the history of this society up to the present day, covering the fundamental changes that have occurred since the National Revolution of 1952 and the return of democracy in 1982. These changes have included the introduction of universal education and the rise of the mestizos and Indian populations to political power for the first time in national history. This second edition brings this story through the first administration of the first self-proclaimed Indian president in national history and the major changes that the government of Evo Morales has introduced in Bolivian society, politics and economics.

Author : Herbert S Klein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Bolivia
ISBN : 1139006991

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A Concise History of Bolivia by Herbert S Klein Pdf

"Bolivia is an unusual high-altitude society created by imperial conquests and native adaptations, and it remains today the most Indian of the American republics, yet it fully participates in the world economy. It has also seen the most social and economic mobility of Indian and mestizo populations in Latin America. These are among the themes analyzed in this historical survey. In its first Spanish edition, Herbert Klein's A Concise History of Bolivia won immediate acceptance within Bolivia as the new standard history of this important nation. Surveying Bolivia's economic, social, cultural, and political evolution from the arrival of early man in the Andes to the present, this current version brings the history of this society up to the present day, covering the fundamental changes that have occurred since the National Revolution of 1952 and the return of democracy in 1982. These changes have included the introduction of universal education and the rise of the mestizos and Indian populations to political power for the first time in national history. Containing an updated bibliography, A Concise History of Bolivia remains an essential text for courses in Latin American history and politics. The second edition brings this story through the first administration of the first self-proclaimed Indian president in national history and the major changes that the government of Evo Morales has introduced in Bolivia society, politics, and economy"--

Author : Soledad Valdivia Rivera
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000385649

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Bolivia at the Crossroads by Soledad Valdivia Rivera Pdf

As Bolivia reels from the collapse of the government in November 2019, a wave of social protests, and now the impact of Covid-19, this book asks: where next for Bolivia? After almost 14 years in power, the government of Bolivia’s first indigenous president collapsed in 2019 amidst widescale protest and allegations of electoral fraud. The contested transitional government that emerged was quickly struck by the impacts of the Covid-19 public health crisis. This book reflects on this critical moment in Bolivia’s development from the perspectives of politics, the economy, the judiciary and the environment. It asks what key issues emerged during Evo Morales’s administration and what are the main challenges awaiting the next government in order to steer the country through a new and uncertain road ahead. As the world considers what the ultimate legacy of Morales’s left-wing social experiment will be, this book will be of great interest to researchers across the fields of Latin American studies, development, politics, and economics, as well as to professionals active in the promotion of development in the country and the region.

Author : Nancy Postero
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520294035

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The Indigenous State by Nancy Postero Pdf

In 2005, Bolivians elected their first indigenous president, Evo Morales. Ushering in a new "democratic cultural revolution," Morales promised to overturn neoliberalism and inaugurate a new decolonized society. Nancy Postero examines the successes and failures in the ten years since Morales's election

Author : Bret Gustafson
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781478012528

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Bolivia in the Age of Gas by Bret Gustafson Pdf

Evo Morales, Bolivia's first Indigenous president, won reelection three times on a leftist platform championing Indigenous rights, anti-imperialism, and Bolivian control over the country's natural gas reserves. In Bolivia in the Age of Gas, Bret Gustafson explores how the struggle over natural gas has reshaped Bolivia, along with the rise, and ultimate fall, of the country's first Indigenous-led government. Rethinking current events against the backdrop of a longer history of oil and gas politics and military intervention, Gustafson shows how natural gas wealth brought a measure of economic independence and redistribution, yet also reproduced political and economic relationships that contradicted popular and Indigenous aspirations for radical change. Though grounded in the unique complexities of Bolivia, the volume argues that fossil-fuel political economies worldwide are central to the reproduction of militarism and racial capitalism and suggests that progressive change demands moving beyond fossil-fuel dependence and the social and ecological ills that come with it.

Author : Waltraud Q. Morales
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438108209

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A Brief History of Bolivia by Waltraud Q. Morales Pdf

Recent decades have witnessed major reform within Bolivia: an impressive democratic and economic resurgence

Author : James Malloy,Richard Thorn
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1971-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822975915

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Beyond the Revolution by James Malloy,Richard Thorn Pdf

Ten original essays discuss changes in the life, politics, and culture of Bolivia since the revolution of 1952.

Author : Bernadine Bailey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Bolivia
ISBN : 0706124928

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Bolivia in Pictures by Bernadine Bailey Pdf

Author : Harold Osborne
Publisher : London ; Toronto : Oxford University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Bolivia
ISBN : UCAL:B3633159

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Bolivia, a Land Divided by Harold Osborne Pdf

Author : Francesca Davis DiPiazza
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780822585688

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Bolivia in Pictures by Francesca Davis DiPiazza Pdf

Describes the history, government, economy, people, geography, and cultural life of Bolivia.

Author : Karen Schimmel
Publisher : Chelsea House
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0791047571

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Bolivia (Maj Wld Nat) (Oop) by Karen Schimmel Pdf

Examines the history, geography, people, economy, and culture of Bolivia.

Author : Leslie F. Warren
Publisher : HarperCollins Children's Books
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : History
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173025381383

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The Land and People of Bolivia by Leslie F. Warren Pdf

An introduction to the geography, history, resources, people, and major cities of South America's fifth largest country.

Author : James Shultz,Melissa Draper
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520942660

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Dignity and Defiance by James Shultz,Melissa Draper Pdf

Dignity and Defiance is a powerful, eyewitness account of Bolivia's decade-long rebellion against globalization imposed from abroad. Based on extensive interviews, this story comes alive with first-person accounts of a massive Enron/Shell oil spill from an elderly woman whose livelihood it threatens, of the young people who stood down a former dictator to take back control of their water, and of Bolivia's dramatic and successful challenge to the policies of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Featuring a substantial introduction, a conclusion, and introductions to each of the chapters, this well-crafted mix of storytelling and analysis is a rich portrait of people calling for global integration to be different than it has been: more fair and more just.

Author : Glenn J. Dorn
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780271056869

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The Truman Administration and Bolivia by Glenn J. Dorn Pdf

The United States emerged from World War II with generally good relations with the countries of Latin America and with the traditional Good Neighbor policy still largely intact. But it wasn’t too long before various overarching strategic and ideological priorities began to undermine those good relations as the Cold War came to exert its grip on U.S. policy formation and implementation. In The Truman Administration and Bolivia, Glenn Dorn tells the story of how the Truman administration allowed its strategic concerns for cheap and ready access to a crucial mineral resource, tin, to take precedence over further developing a positive relationship with Bolivia. This ultimately led to the economic conflict that provided a major impetus for the resistance that culminated in the Revolution of 1952—the most important revolutionary event in Latin America since the Mexican Revolution of 1910. The emergence of another revolutionary movement in Bolivia early in the millennium under Evo Morales makes this study of its Cold War predecessor an illuminating and timely exploration of the recurrent tensions between U.S. efforts to establish and dominate a liberal capitalist world order and the counterefforts of Latin American countries like Bolivia to forge their own destinies in the shadow of the “colossus of the north.”